Application Management

Uninstall Mac Apps & Eliminate Leftovers

Dragging an application to the Trash only removes the outer .app bundle. Gigabytes of caches, crash logs, autosaves, and container data remain scattered across ~/Library.

Where macOS Applications Hide Leftover Data

~/Library/Application Support

Autosaves, downloaded assets, internal databases, and extension packages.

~/Library/Caches

Intermediate network caches and compiled UI elements.

~/Library/Containers

Sandboxed application state directories on modern macOS.

~/Library/Preferences

Property list (.plist) configuration files.